CN101553765A - Inductively heated windshield wiper assembly - Google Patents
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A wiper assembly comprises a wiper with an inductively heatable portion; and an induction heating device including an induction work coil which is configured to be placed near the wiper to inductively heat the inductively heatable portion. The inductively heatable portion may be in the wiper blade, the wiper arm which supports the blade, or both. The induction work coil may be placed on or near the windshield or other surface which is cleaned by the wiper and may heat the wiper regardless of its position or only when the wiper is at a specific location such as its retracted 'rest' position. The wiper assembly may also include a temperature sensor for sensing a current temperature of the wiper and control circuitry associated with the induction heating device for controlling operation of the work coil. The control circuitry of the induction heating device may include a closed-loop temperature feedback control system which remotely reads the current temperature of the wiper from the temperature sensor and automatically activates the work coil whenever the temperature of the wiper falls below a specified temperature set point and de-activates the work coil when the temperature of the wiper rises above another temperature set point.
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The cross reference of related application
The application requires the rights and interests of No. the 60/836th, 451, the temporary patent application submitted on August 9th, 2006, this application with referring to mode include this paper in.No. the 11/619th, 066, the corresponding non-temporary patent application that the application also relates on January 2nd, 2007 and submits to, this application with referring to mode include this paper in.
Background technology
1. technical field
The present invention relates to the windshield wiper device and scrape assembly with other.More particularly, the present invention relates to the induction type heating and scrape assembly.
2. description of related art
Windshield wiper assembly usually be accumulated in scrape on the assembly and its windshield on ice and snow hinder.Low temperature makes the tube scraper fluid line freeze usually and obstruction and tube scraper scraping blade become stiff and not flexible.All these situations all reduce greatly and scrape the effectiveness of assembly and cause vehicle operating dangerous.
Carried out multiple trial already and come heated windshield wiper assembly and/or its windshield to avoid above problem, only part is effective but these are attempted.For example, the method for a prior art will be directed to the windshield of vehicle or scrape assembly from the engine room of vehicle or the hot-air that adds of other thermal source.Unfortunately, this method needs the engine of vehicle to move the sufficiently long time and fully adds hot-air to produce excessive heat, then air is directed to windshield and scrapes assembly.
Therefore this method efficient when vehicle just begins to start is low, needs uneconomic race of engine, and need and/or scrape the assembly place at windshield and use noisy blower fan to guide the air of heating.In addition, this method can not be controlled the conveying that adds hot-air according to the actual temperature that scrapes assembly, therefore causes scraping assembly underheat or over-heating usually.
Another art methods comes radiation heating to scrape assembly with the electric operation resistance heating element of Vehicular battery or other power supply power supply such as solar cell.Unfortunately, this method need be easy to the impaired inaesthetic lead that exposes.
Thereby need a kind of heated windshield wiper assembly and other to scrape the modifying device of assembly.
Summary of the invention
The present invention can address the above problem and provide the remarkable improvement in windshield wiper and tube scraper heating means field.More particularly, the invention provides the lead and the noisy blower fan that effectively need not to expose that scrapes assembly with almost instant heating.Various embodiments of the present invention also provide a kind of temperature that is used for will scraping automatically assembly to remain on efficient apparatus in institute's claimed range.The more important thing is that various embodiments of the present invention provide automatic anti-freeze tube scraper, is not after ice has begun to damage the windshield observability tube scraper to be carried out deicing simply.
The assembly that scrapes according to one embodiment of the invention structure comprises: tube scraper, but this tube scraper has the induction heating part; And the magnetic induction heating arrangement, but its induction work coils is configured to be placed near the tube scraper inductively to heat the induction heating part of tube scraper.But the induction heating of tube scraper part can be in tube scraper scraping blade squeegee, be attached in the framework of tube scraper scraping blade, thereon in the spline of attached tube scraper scraping blade squeegee or on the spline, the supporting scraping blade scrape in the arm scrape on the arm or above all.Induction work coils can be placed on windshield or by other surface of tube scraper cleaning near last or and its position how all can heat tube scraper or only be in and just heat tube scraper when " leaving unused " ad-hoc location of position such as its withdrawal at tube scraper.
Scrape assembly and also can comprise the control circuit that is used for the operation of Control work coil in the temperature sensor that is used for sensing tube scraper Current Temperatures and the induction type heating arrangement.This control circuit can be simply must operate to start the hand switch of inductive coil, maybe can comprise the closed-loop temperature feedback control system with controller, this system reads the Current Temperatures of tube scraper and drops to specified temp set point (such as 35) in the temperature of tube scraper from temperature sensor and starts working coil when following and be raised to another temperature set-point (such as 50) in the temperature of tube scraper and working coil is quit work when above.In addition, can start working automatically by other accumulated ice formation variable by sensing such as the humidity and/or the speed of a motor vehicle.The closed-loop temperature feedback system can use RFID marker technique, microfilament technology, impedance detection feedback technique or any other wireless technology to control in response to the temperature of tube scraper the power output of induction work coils.
Another embodiment of the present invention is that a kind of induction type heating scrapes assembly, comprising: tube scraper; The pedestal coil, it is placed to the part of tube scraper and contacts; And the magnetic induction heating arrangement, it is neighbouring to go out electric current at pedestal coil internal induction that the induction work coils of this device is configured to be placed on tube scraper.Pedestal coil itself can be used for induction current convert to heat resistive element or its can connect to convert induction current to heat with the resistive heating element.The pedestal coil can comprise energy storing device (such as electric capacity or battery) alternatively, near near this energy storing device accumulation energy and can heating when the pedestal coil is the not working coil working coil field time.Embodiment is such as described above, scrapes the control circuit that assembly also can comprise the temperature sensor that is used for sensing tube scraper Current Temperatures and be used to control the operation of induction type heating arrangement and its working coil.This control circuit can be simple switch or closed-loop temperature feedback control system as mentioned above.
These and other importance of the present invention is more completely described in following detail specifications.
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Followingly describe preferred embodiment of the present invention in detail with reference to accompanying drawing, in the accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 is according to embodiments of the invention structures and is depicted as and is installed in the synoptic diagram that vehicle windscreen or other lip-deep induction type heating scrape assembly.
Fig. 2 is the synoptic diagram that scrapes part that the induction type heating scrapes assembly, but wherein dash area represents to have the induction heating material.
Fig. 3 is another synoptic diagram that scrapes part that the induction type heating scrapes assembly, but wherein dash area represents to have the induction heating material.
Fig. 4 is another synoptic diagram that scrapes part that the induction type heating scrapes assembly, but wherein dash area represents to have the induction heating material.
Fig. 5 is another synoptic diagram that scrapes part that the induction type heating scrapes assembly, but wherein dash area represents to have the induction heating material.
Fig. 6 is the synoptic diagram that induction type heating that the possible position of induction work coils is shown scrapes the each several part of assembly.
Fig. 7 is the synoptic diagram that induction type heating that another possible position of induction work coils is shown scrapes the each several part of assembly.
Fig. 8 is the synoptic diagram that induction type heating that another possible position of induction work coils is shown scrapes the each several part of assembly.
Fig. 9 is the synoptic diagram that induction type heating that another possible position of induction work coils is shown scrapes the each several part of assembly.
Figure 10 is the synoptic diagram that induction type heating that the possible position of temperature sensor is shown scrapes the each several part of assembly.
Figure 11 is the synoptic diagram that induction type heating that another possible position of temperature sensor is shown scrapes the each several part of assembly.
Figure 12 is the synoptic diagram that induction type heating that several possible positions of temperature sensor are shown scrapes the each several part of assembly.
Figure 13 illustrates the synoptic diagram that the induction type heating with closed-loop temperature feedback control system scrapes the embodiment of assembly.
Figure 14 constructs and is installed in the synoptic diagram that the lip-deep induction type heating of vehicle windscreen or other scrapes assembly according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 15 is the synoptic diagram that induction type heating shown in Figure 13 scrapes another embodiment of assembly.
Figure 16 illustrates the synoptic diagram of another embodiment of the pedestal that comprises energy storing device.
These accompanying drawings are not to limit the invention to specific embodiment disclosed herein and that describe.These accompanying drawings are not necessarily drawn in proportion, but focus on being clearly shown that principle of the present invention.
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Below describe in detail with reference to the accompanying drawing that can implement specific embodiments of the invention is shown.These embodiment are intended to enough describe in detail each side of the present invention to enable those skilled in the art to put into practice the present invention.Can use other embodiment and change and do not depart from the scope of these embodiment.Therefore, below describe hard-core meaning in detail.Scope of the present invention is only limited by the four corner of appended claims and the equivalent that these claims contained.
Now turn to accompanying drawing, and specifically be Fig. 1, the induction type heating that illustrates according to the embodiments of the invention structure scrapes assembly 10, illustrates by the windshield 12 that scrapes unit clean or cleaning or other surface.Although scrape the windshield that assembly 10 is particularly useful for vehicle, it also can be used for standing any surface that ice and snow gathers or works at low temperatures.
But the embodiment that scrapes assembly 10 shown in Fig. 1 comprises the tube scraper 14 with induction heating part widely; And the magnetic induction heating arrangement 18 that has related induction work coils 16.As hereinafter the institute in greater detail, but magnetic induction heating arrangement 18 and its associated induction work coils 16 inductively heat the induction heating part of tube scraper 14, thereby prevent that ice and snow from accumulating on the tube scraper or tube scraper is neighbouring and prevent that tube scraper from anchylosing with not flexible.Control circuit Control current in the induction type heating arrangement 18 is to the output of induction work coils 16, and therefore control is delivered to the power of tube scraper, thereby the temperature of tube scraper 14 is remained in the desired temperature range.
All embodiment adopt the wireless temperature feedback of some form.The principal mode of the wireless feedback that is adopted is that RFID Temperature Feedback, microfilament Temperature Feedback, impedance are surveyed feedback and Parker Hall Lip river gram (Pacholok) in the method disclosed in his No. the 11/496th, 683, patented claim " RFID interrogator/induction type heating system (RFIDInterrogator/Induction heating the system) " U.S. Patent application.At United States Patent (USP) the 6th, 320, No. 169 and 6,953, the RFID temperature feedback system has fully been described in No. 919.Microfilament temperature system and its use in feedback control system have fully been described in No. the 11/619th, 066, United States Patent (USP) sequence number.At United States Patent (USP) the 6th, 232, fully described impedance in No. 585 and surveyed feedback system.These patents and patented claim with referring to mode include the application in.
In more detail, tube scraper 14 itself is the most conventional and comprises that tube scraper scraping blade 20 contacts with surface 12 and is used to make that scraping blade moves from the teeth outwards scrapes arm 22 with being used for scraping blade is supported to.Squeegee be made and be used as basically to tube scraper scraping blade 20 can by rubber or similar flexible material.Tube scraper scraping blade 20 can be bearing in it by metallo-plastic support or framework and scrape on the arm 22 as routine scrapes assembly, perhaps can be more novel " no bone " design, and scraping blade is attached to metal tape or the spline as the skeleton of scraping blade in this design.Neoform by name by Te Ruike company (Trico) manufacturing
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TMThe example of no bone tube scraper scraping blade.Tube scraper 14 also can comprise related supporting structure, gear and be used to make tube scraper scraping blade 20 and scrape arm 22 motor of motion on surface 12 in a usual manner.When being used for vehicle, two or more tube scrapers 14 can be set, and each tube scraper can be by single induction work coils or independently working coil heating.
But other position that the induction heating of tube scraper 14 part can be on tube scraper scraping blade 20, the metal tape that scrapes arm 22, tube scraper or spline or in these parts or on the tube scraper.For example, shown in the dash area of Fig. 2, but whole tube scraper scraping blade 20 or its part can be made by the induction heating material.This causes directly being heated with windshield or other surface 12 parts that contact of tube scraper.Perhaps, shown in the dash area of Fig. 3, but wholely scrape arm 22 or its part can be made by the induction heating material.This guarantees that the tube scraper fluid line 26 that passes arm 22 can not freeze.In another embodiment, as shown in Figure 4, tube scraper scraping blade 20 and scrape arm 22 boths, but perhaps its part can be made by the induction heating material.The part with windshield directly contacts of this heating tube scraper is carried the part of tube scraper fluid line with it.In another embodiment, as shown in Figure 5, but the insert 26 of induction heating can be molded in the tube scraper scraping blade or otherwise be attached to the tube scraper scraping blade.This can heat tube scraper scraping blade 20, and the major part of tube scraper scraping blade can be made by conventional elastomeric material.
All these with other embodiment in, the induction type heating part can be by such as United States Patent (USP) the 6th, 657, No. 170 described those materials are made, this patent with referring to mode include this paper in.These materials can comprise that graphite, metal and other heat keep material.Also can increase elastic body or other material found usually such as in the windshield wiper scraping blade.
The induction type heating part also can comprise " pedestal (susceptor) coil ", be printed on normally that base material (preferably Kapton (Kapton), Mylar (polyester) or other high temperature polymer) is gone up or the directly copper or the graphite trace of (promptly on squeegee or inside etc.) on the surface that will heat, wherein " pedestal coil " is the continuous coil of being made by conductive material, has a pair of coil terminal, and conductive component is operatively coupled between the described terminal so that circuit complete, and described conductive component comprises switch block.This pedestal coil with its induction current (near working coil energy delivered) convert to heat energy come the heating base coil and with the object of pedestal coil thermo-contact.The pedestal coil also can comprise electric capacity in its continuous coil loop, its impedance is adjusted to can carries out the most effective NE BY ENERGY TRANSFER from induction work coils.In addition, also have thermo-fuse or other hot safety switch in the pedestal wire loop, they can disconnect continuous coil and therefore prevent that any induction current from flowing through the pedestal coil.United States Patent (USP) the 6th, 504, No. 135 and U.S. Patent application " are used for the resonance may command pedestal of induction type heating system, the induction type heating system that comprises it and method thereof (Resonant Controllable Susceptor for Induction HeatingSystem No. 11/603860, Induction Heating System Incorporating Same, and method) " in this " pedestal coil " is described, the both with referring to mode include this paper in.
If the pedestal coil is produced on the flexible substrates, then flexible substrates is adhered to scraping on the surface of will heating, then the pedestal coil can by make flexible PCB standard method---etching etc. are made.If the pedestal coil is directly printed onto squeegee, spline, scrapes on the surface of arm, then can use similar prior art manufacture method such as etching, plating, flame jet etc.
But it is neighbouring inductively to heat the induction heating part of tube scraper that induction work coils 16 is placed on tube scraper 14.More particularly, induction work coils 16 can be placed on windshield or other surperficial 12 belows as shown in Figure 6, be placed in this surface as shown in Figure 7, is attached to this surperficial lower surface as shown in Figure 8 or is attached to this surperficial upper surface as shown in Figure 9.No matter the size of induction work coils and position can be arranged to where it can both heat tube scraper 14 go surface 12, just heat tube scraper 14 when perhaps the ad-hoc location the position of " leaving unused " such as its withdrawal only can be arranged in its size and position.Induction type heating arrangement 18 working coil 16 related with it can be by Vehicular battery, himself reserve battery or any other power supply power supply.Induction type heating arrangement 18 and its associated working coil 16 can with referring to mode include disclosed in No. the 6th, 657,170, No. the 6th, 320,169, the United States Patent (USP) of this paper or the above-mentioned United States Patent (USP) similar in.
Working coil can be made by copper twisted wire or the high lead of other electric conductivity, and perhaps it can be configured to flexible printed circuit board.Flexible printed circuit board embodiment is preferably multilayer circuit board, makes the printed traces of the printing be used for its closed circuit make to be enough to produce alternately that the exchange current in magnetic field can have more low-resistance passage above the surface of working coil and adjacent windshield.The thickness of the quantity of coil known in the art, the width of trace, trace and other parameter of working coil all can influence the impedance of inductive coil, and therefore influence the efficient that it gives NE BY ENERGY TRANSFER tube scraper.An advantage that working coil is directly adhered to the embodiment of windshield is that the heating work coil can provide heat in case stagnant ice accumulates on the zone of windshield for windshield inevitably.
Control circuit in the magnetic induction heating arrangement 18 can be simple hand switch or the button that induction type heating arrangement 18 is electrically connected to Vehicular battery or other power supply.This switch can be placed on windshield wiper open/guard's valve near or operator any other position of being easy to touch.Observe ice and snow on the vehicle windscreen or tube scraper scraping blade at him or she and freeze or whenever stiff owing to low temperature becomes, but the operator all touch switch start induction type heating arrangement 18.Can be provided with hand switch and turn off induction type heating arrangement 18 when temperature sensor radio communication device (all disclosing in more detail hereinafter) surpasses the maximum recommended running temperature with the temperature at tube scraper automatically.
But, in preferred embodiment, control circuit in the induction type heating arrangement 18 is the part of closed-loop temperature feedback control system, it determines the Current Temperatures of tube scraper 14 and drops to such as 35 specified temp set point when following from 16 power supplies of trend induction work coils in temperature, but and the power of control induction type heating arrangement export the adjustment of the induction heating part of tube scraper 14 to approximately such as 50 a certain set point.The closed-loop temperature feedback control system can be used RFID marker technique, microfilament technology, impedance detection feedback technique or control any other wireless technology of the operation of induction work coils 16 in response to temperature, external air temperature or its combination of tube scraper.
Adopt an exemplary embodiment that scrapes assembly of induction type heating arrangement 18 shown in Figure 13, its control circuit is the part of closed-loop temperature feedback control system, and this scrapes assembly and comprises at least one temperature sensor 28 and be used to respond from the control circuit operation of the temperature reading control induction work coils 16 of temperature sensor, that broadly pointed out by Reference numeral 30.
In more detail, temperature sensor 28 Current Temperatures of sensing tube scraper 14 or tube scraper peripheral region continuously or periodically.Temperature sensor 28 can be placed on the tube scraper scraping blade 20 or embed in the scraping blade as shown in figure 10, be placed on as shown in figure 11 scrape on the arm 22 or with any other position of a part of thermo-contact of tube scraper 14.Can be as shown in figure 12 at the tube scraper scraping blade and/or scrape all places setting on the arm and locate a plurality of temperature sensors 28.Perhaps, can use the prior art temperature sensor of existing external air temperature sensor of automobile or increase to be provided for starting automatically the low set point temperatures (supposing 35 ℃) of the trigger of tube scraper heating operation.The particular location of temperature sensor is unimportant, as long as they can survey the temperature that representative scrapes some part of assembly.
The control circuit 30 of induction type heating arrangement 18 can comprise that controller, microprocessor maybe can operate with other treating apparatus 32 of control 16 power output from solid-state inverter 44 to induction work coils and be used to read wireless communication system 34 by the Current Temperatures of temperature sensor 28 sensings.Wireless communication system can be as United States Patent (USP) the 6th, 953, No. 919 described RFID marker readers 38 that connect with microprocessor 32 and antenna 40.Reader 38 and antenna 40 read temperature information from the RFID sign 36 that connects with temperature sensor 28.In another embodiment, RFID sign 36 and reader 38 can replace with the 11/619th, No. 066 described amorphous magnetic microfilament sensor that is coated with glass that connects with temperature sensor of above-mentioned unexamined U.S. Patent application and the corresponding microfilament reader that connects with microprocessor.In other embodiments, can use, such impedance is discussed in No. 135 be surveyed feedback control system such as United States Patent (USP) the 6th, 504.Also can use be used for the temperature reading from temperature sensor 28 be transferred to microprocessor 32 such as common unexamined application " RFID interrogator/induction type heating system (RFIDinterrogator/Induction Heating System) " the 11/496th, No. 683 other such wireless communications method of describing of sequence number.
In the operation of closed-loop temperature feedback embodiment, temperature sensor 28 is measured the Current Temperatures of some part of tube scraper 14 constantly or periodically.RFID sign 36 or microfilament sensor and wireless reader offer microprocessor 32 with these temperature readings then.No matter microprocessor 32 is the power that comes controlling schemes control output of 16 from inverter 44 to induction work coils by working cycle, frequency change or other prior art inverter then, but induction work coils 16 inductively heats the induction heating part of tube scraper 14 again, thereby the temperature that will scrape assembly remains in the desired temperature range.For example, microprocessor 32 can be opened induction work coils 16 and turn off induction work coils 16 when the temperature of tube scraper 14 surpasses 50 °F in the temperature (or by having the external air temperature that external air temperature sensor reads now) of tube scraper 14 when dropping to below 35 °F.In another example, microprocessor 32 only just can be to the induction work coils energy supply when the temperature of tube scraper drops to below 35 °F, and then as required (according to Temperature Feedback) from temperature sensor 28 to the working coil circulating power is maintained at about 50 little temperature range with the temperature with tube scraper in.Microprocessor 32 alternately with the power level that reduces from induction work coils 16 continuous power outputs, thereby will scrape assembly maintain such as 40-45 °F than in the narrow temperature scope or near.Can insert the relay (not shown) between induction work coils 16 and power supply 42 makes electric power can not flow to induction work coils 16.
But Figure 14 and 15 illustrates another embodiment of the tube scraper assembly that induction heating part is made up of the pedestal coil.More particularly, scrape assembly and broadly comprise: tube scraper 46, it has tube scraper scraping blade 48 and scrapes arm 50; Pedestal coil 52, it is used to be placed to the part of tube scraper and contacts; Induction work coils 54, its structure cause and are placed near the tube scraper to go out electric current at pedestal coil internal induction; And induction type heating arrangement 56, it is used to control the power from 54 outputs of its working coil.
Figure 16 illustrates another embodiment that scrapes assembly, but wherein induction heating partly comprises pedestal coil 52, energy storing device 59 and heating element 58.More particularly, scrape assembly and broadly comprise: tube scraper 46, it has tube scraper scraping blade 48 and scrapes arm 50; Pedestal coil 52, it is used to be placed to the part of tube scraper and contacts; Induction work coils 54, it is neighbouring to go out electric current at pedestal coil internal induction that it is configured to be placed on tube scraper; And induction type heating arrangement 56, it is used to control the power from 54 outputs of its working coil.The current conversion that produces in the pedestal coil 52 is become energy stored in the energy storing device 59.Energy is used to start heating element 58 then, even also be like this when tube scraper is not near working coil.This energy can be regulated to turn off heating element by comprising thermal switch.Perhaps, can use any type of wireless temperatures feedback of induction type heating arrangement 56 and control the energy that its output to working coil 54 is adjusted to energy storing device 59 and import.
Embodiment shown in Fig. 1-13, induction type heating arrangement 56 can comprise simple as manually booting the control circuit of on/off switch, perhaps can comprise the control circuit of carrying out the closed-loop temperature feedback controlling schemes.Except above-mentioned RFID and microfilament wireless communication systems, this embodiment can use the impedance with thermal switch to survey the FEEDBACK CONTROL scheme, such as United States Patent (USP) the 6th, 504, the controlling schemes that is disclosed for No. 135, this patent with referring to mode include this paper in.Thermal switch (normally Lian Jia bimetal release) be connected in the circuit of pedestal coil 52 and with the metal spline thermo-contact of tube scraper scraping blade.This temperature controlling schemes can not be carried out real-time many temperature sensings from tube scraper itself and be learnt and open working coil 54 when automatically, therefore operation automatically if desired, induction type heating arrangement 56 must be known the temperature reading from the outside vehicle air temperature sensor.
Figure 14,15 and 16 embodiment also may use such as such Temperature Feedback controlling schemes described on July 31st, 2006 No. the 11/496th, 683, the unexamined patent application serial number that submit to, that be entitled as " RFID interrogator/induction type heating system (RFID Interrogator/Induction Heating System) ".This application with referring to mode include this paper in.
Although invention has been described with reference to preferred embodiment shown in the drawings, should be noted that also can adopt equivalent and not depart from the described scope of the present invention of claims in this replacement of carrying out.For example, can change the location of each parts that scrapes assembly and being used to constructs also available other material of material of these parts and replaces.
After having described preferred embodiment of the present invention, be considered to content novel and that want patent certificate to protect and comprise as follows:
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1. an induction type heating scrapes assembly, comprising:
Tube scraper, described tube scraper are configured for from surface removal water or other material, but described tube scraper comprises the induction heating part; And
Induction work coils, but described induction work coils is configured to be placed near the described tube scraper inductively to heat the described induction heating part of described tube scraper.
2. the assembly that scrapes as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, also comprises:
Temperature sensor, but described temperature sensor is configured to be placed to the Current Temperatures that contacts and can operate the described tube scraper of sensing with the described induction heating portion of hot of described tube scraper; And
Control circuit, described control circuit is related with described induction work coils, be used for reading described Current Temperatures, and the operation that is used to control described working coil remains in the desired temperature range with the described Current Temperatures with described tube scraper from described temperature sensor.
3. the assembly that scrapes as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, also comprises the RFID sign that connects with described temperature sensor and can operate to read the RFID reader of described Current Temperatures from described RFID sign.
4. the assembly that scrapes as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, also comprises the microfilament temperature sensor and can operate to read the microfilament reader of described Current Temperatures from described microfilament temperature sensor.
5. the assembly that scrapes as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described tube scraper comprises that the tube scraper scraping blade that is used for from described surface removal water or other material is supported to the arm that scrapes that contacts with described surface with being used for described scraping blade, but wherein said induction heating part is in described tube scraper scraping blade.
6. the assembly that scrapes as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described tube scraper comprises that the tube scraper scraping blade that is used for from described surface removal water or other material is supported to the arm that scrapes that contacts with described surface with being used for described scraping blade, but wherein said induction heating part scrapes in the arm described.
7. the assembly that scrapes as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described tube scraper comprises that the tube scraper scraping blade that is used for from described surface removal water or other material is supported to the arm that scrapes that contacts with described surface with being used for described scraping blade, but wherein said induction heating part is described tube scraper scraping blade and described scraping in the arm.
8. the assembly that scrapes as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described induction work coils is configured to be placed in the described surface.
9. the assembly that scrapes as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described induction work coils is configured to be placed on the lower surface on described surface.
10. the assembly that scrapes as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described induction work coils is configured to be placed on the upper surface on described surface.
11. the assembly that scrapes as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described induction work coils is configured to be placed on the lower surface below on described surface.
12. the assembly that scrapes as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described induction work coils is configured to be placed on the upper surface top on described surface.
13. the assembly that scrapes as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described surface is a vehicle windscreen.
14. the assembly that scrapes as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, also comprises the control circuit that is connected to described induction work coils and is configured to start according to environmental baseline described induction work coils.
15. the assembly that scrapes as claimed in claim 14 is characterized in that, described environmental baseline is selected from next group: temperature, humidity, rainfall amount, snow and rain and snow mixed.
16. an inductively heated windshield wiper assembly comprises:
Tube scraper, described tube scraper are configured for removing water or other material from windshield, but described tube scraper comprises the induction heating part;
Induction work coils, but described induction work coils is configured to be placed near the described windshield inductively to heat the described induction heating part of described tube scraper;
Temperature sensor, but described temperature sensor is configured to be placed to the Current Temperatures that contacts and can operate the described tube scraper of sensing with the described induction heating portion of hot of described tube scraper; And
Magnetic-inductive device, described magnetic-inductive device comprises control circuit, described control circuit is configured for reading described Current Temperatures from described temperature sensor, and is used to control the operation of described working coil so that described Current Temperatures is remained on more than the desired set point.
17. the assembly that scrapes as claimed in claim 16 is characterized in that, also comprises the RFID sign that connects with described temperature sensor and can operate to read the RFID reader of described Current Temperatures from described RFID sign.
18. the assembly that scrapes as claimed in claim 16 is characterized in that, also comprises the microfilament temperature sensor and can operate to read the microfilament reader of described Current Temperatures from described microfilament temperature sensor.
19. an induction type heating scrapes assembly, comprising:
Tube scraper, described tube scraper are configured to from surface removal water or other material;
The pedestal coil, described pedestal coil is placed to the part of described tube scraper and contacts; And
It is neighbouring to go out the heating element that electric current heats described pedestal coil or electrically contacts with described pedestal coil at described pedestal coil internal induction that induction work coils, described induction work coils are configured to be placed on described tube scraper.
20. the assembly that scrapes as claimed in claim 19 is characterized in that, also comprises:
Temperature sensor, described temperature sensor are configured to be placed to the Current Temperatures that also can operate the described tube scraper of sensing with described tube scraper thermo-contact; And
Control circuit, described control circuit connects with described induction work coils and is configured for reading described Current Temperatures from described temperature sensor, and is used to control the operation of described working coil so that described Current Temperatures is remained on more than the desired set point.
21. the assembly that scrapes as claimed in claim 20 is characterized in that, also comprises the RFID sign that connects with described temperature sensor and can operate to read the RFID reader of described Current Temperatures from described RFID sign.
22. the assembly that scrapes as claimed in claim 20 is characterized in that, also comprises the microfilament temperature sensor and can operate to read the microfilament reader of described Current Temperatures from described microfilament temperature sensor.
23. the assembly that scrapes as claimed in claim 19, it is characterized in that, also comprise the thermal switch that is electrically connected to described pedestal coil and be connected to described induction work coils and be configured to control the control circuit of the operation of described induction work coils in response to described thermal switch.
24. the assembly that scrapes as claimed in claim 19, it is characterized in that, described tube scraper comprises that the tube scraper scraping blade that is used for from described surface removal water or other material is supported to the arm that scrapes that contacts with described surface with being used for described scraping blade, and wherein said pedestal coil is in described tube scraper scraping blade.
25. the assembly that scrapes as claimed in claim 19 is characterized in that, also comprises the control circuit that is connected to described induction work coils and is configured to start according to environmental baseline described induction work coils.
26. the assembly that scrapes as claimed in claim 20, it is characterized in that, described tube scraper comprises and being used for from the tube scraper scraping blade of described surface removal water or other material and the arm that scrapes that is used for described scraping blade is supported to the described scraping blade that contacts with described surface that wherein said pedestal coil scrapes in the arm described.
27. the assembly that scrapes as claimed in claim 20 is characterized in that, described tube scraper comprises the tube scraper scraping blade with spline, and wherein said pedestal coil is attached to described spline.
28. the assembly that scrapes as claimed in claim 20 is characterized in that described surface is a windshield.
29. an induction type heating scrapes assembly, comprising:
Tube scraper, described tube scraper are configured to from surface removal water or other material;
Resonance pedestal coil, described pedestal coil is placed to the part of described tube scraper and contacts; And
It is neighbouring to go out the heating element that electric current heats described resonance pedestal coil or electrically contacts with described resonance pedestal coil at described resonance pedestal coil internal induction that induction work coils, described induction work coils are configured to be placed on described tube scraper.
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